Dari Prepositions

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Dari Prepositions

Learning the Dari Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Dari language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Dari.

Dari prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions

Dari Prepositions

Prepositions

ḥerof āz̤āfeh - حروف اضافه

inside the house

der dākhel khāneh - در داخل خانه

outside the car

der khārej āz khodero - در خارج از خودرو

with me

bā men - با من

without him

bedon āo - بدون او

under the table

der zeyer meyez - در زیر میز

after tomorrow

pes feredā - پس فردا

before sunset

quebel āz gherob - قبل از غروب

but I'm busy

āmā men kerefetārem - اما من گرفتارم

Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Dari.

List of Prepositions in Dari

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Dari placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Dari vocabulary.

English Prepositions

Dari Prepositions

about

derebāreh - درباره

above

bālāy - بالای

across

der serāser - در سراسر

after

pes āz - پس از

against

der berāber - در برابر

among

der meyān - در میان

around

der āṭerāf - در اطراف

as

mānened - مانند

at

der - در

before

quebel āz - قبل از

behind

peshet ser - پشت سر

below

der zeyer - در زیر

beneath

zeyer - زیر

beside

der kenār - در کنار

between

meyān - میان

beyond

khārej āz - خارج از

but

āmā - اما

by

toseṭ - توسط

despite

bā ojod - با وجود

down

pāyeyen - پایین

during

der ṭey - در طی

except

bejez - بجز

for

berāy - برای

from

āz - از

in

beh - به

inside

dākhel - داخل

into

beh - به

near

nezedeyek - نزدیک

next

be'ed - بعد

of

āz - از

on

ber - بر

opposite

mequābel - مقابل

out

khārej - خارج

outside

khārej āz - خارج از

over

roy - روی

per

der her - در هر

plus

be'elāoh - بعلاوه

round

kered - گرد

since

pes āz - پس از

than

nesebet beh - نسبت به

through

āz ṭereyequ - از طریق

till

tā - تا

to

beh - به

toward

beh / beh semet - به / به سمت

under

zeyer - زیر

unlike

berekhelāf - برخلاف

until

tā - تا

up

bālā - بالا

via

āz ṭereyequ - از طریق

with

bā - با

within

der dākhel - در داخل

without

bedon - بدون

two words

ḥerof āz̤āfeh do kelemeh āy - حروف اضافه دو کلمه ای

according to

ṭebequ - طبق

because of

beh khāṭer - به خاطر

close to

nezedeyek beh - نزدیک به

due to

be'elet - بعلت

except for

beh jez - به جز

far from

dor āz - دور از

inside of

dākhel - داخل

instead of

bejāy - بجای

near to

nezedeyek beh - نزدیک به

next to

der kenār - در کنار

outside of

khārej āz - خارج از

prior to

quebel āz - قبل از

three words

ḥerof āz̤āfeh seh kelemeh āy - حروف اضافه سه کلمه ای

as far as

tā ānejā keh - تا آنجا که

as well as

we neyez - و نیز

in addition to

'elāoh ber - علاوه بر

in front of

der mequābel - در مقابل

in spite of

bā ojod - با وجود

on behalf of

āz ṭeref - از طرف

on top of

der bālāy - در بالای

demonstrative pronouns

ṣefāt / z̤emāyer āshāreh - صفات / ضمایر اشاره

this

āyen - این

that

āyen - این

these

āyenehā - اینها

those

ānehā - آنها

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